Projects carried out by UNESCO in Haiti, for example, have found that the vibrant local culture plays an important part in rebuilding a sense of community after disasters and is a key asset during the difficult process of rebuilding.
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Unlike bigger festivals, which are tied to film companies' rules and release dates, the Southside Film Festival's programme plays on local strengths.
Rickard now plays for local team Woodbridge Amazons in Suffolk, East Anglia, while the biology and physical education teacher is also a keen hockey player.
Theatre Uncut was born in 2011 when artistic directors Emma Callander and Hannah Price asked a number of local writers for short plays in response to government spending cuts.
Affleck, in his best performance yet, plays a local boy who has fought his way out of a poor Irish neighborhood and has been living well beyond his hundred-and-sixty-thousand-dollar salary.
The Memory Lane area will offer Shakespeare recitations, tours of the Malkin Bowl outdoor theatre and plays performed by local drama troupes.
We took our time in the bar, wandering out to the Moose Room to listen to a local teenage piano prodigy who plays on weekends, gradually making our way to dinner.
If wildlife were damaged, they warned, that could also affect the local economy, in which tourism plays a major role.
Existing regulations cover venues hosting live and recorded music, which normally have to apply to their local council for a licence, plays, dance, film screenings and indoor sports.
Miguel Senna Fernandes, a lawyer and member of the local legislative assembly, has written plays for a theater troupe that performs in the original Macanese patois, an archaic blend of Portuguese and Cantonese.
They worked with a local writer to develop five-minute plays, which professional actors then performed.
Some of his Italian plays display a lot of local knowledge, which it would be hard to come by without going there.
Meetings may include music, dances and plays, all enjoyed while consuming local dishes.
This recycling process plays a significant role in supporting local sericulture communities.
The local young men's group, which plays a key role at festivals by carrying the mikoshi (portable Shinto deity's house), has all but disappeared.
But, although Longbridge plays a big role in the local economy, it is the expansion of services such as the conference trade, law and accounting which have been the big job generators in the west Midlands in recent years.
Recently another class has started to emerge, in which the state plays the role of a venture capitalist: local governments invest in or create funds that back companies that they hope will bring both jobs and financial returns.
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The Echo carried reports of school plays, notices of future meetings of the Korean war veterans' association, local sports results and other humble fare.
Jalil Lespert plays Franck, an ambitious young student who comes home from Paris to spend time at the local steel-pressing plant.
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